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NICD Reports 1 332 New COVID-19 Cases In SA

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The institute reports 1,332 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3,582,691. This increase represents a 7.8% positivity rate.

Due to the ongoing audit exercise by the National Department of Health (NDoH), there may be a backlog of COVID-19 mortality cases reported. Today, the NDoH reports 88 deaths and of these, 14 occurred in the past 24 – 48 hours. This brings the total fatalities to 94,265 to date.

22,041,433 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.

Sector	Total tested	New tested
Private	11,917,316	54.1%	12,127	70.6%
Public	10,124,117	45.9%	5,060	29.4%
Total	22,041,433	100.0%	17,187	100.0%

PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN
The majority of new cases today are from Gauteng (35%), followed by Western Cape (17%). Kwa-Zulu Natal accounted for 16%; Mpumalanga accounted for 9%; Free State, Limpopo and North West each accounted for 6% respectively; Eastern Cape accounted for 3%; and Northern Cape accounted for 2% of today’s new cases. The cumulative number of cases by province are shown in the table below:

Province	Total cases for 23 January 2022	Adjusted numbers after harmonisation	Updated total cases on 23 January 2022	New cases on 24 January 2022	Total cases for 24 January 2022	Percentage total
Eastern Cape	339,808	0	339,808	46	339,854	9.5
Free State	195,314	0	195,314	81	195,395	5.5
Gauteng	1,160,814	0	1,160,814	460	1,161,274	32.4
KwaZulu-Natal	639,644	0	639,644	213	639,857	17.9
Limpopo	148,050	0	148,050	85	148,135	4.1
Mpumalanga	182,423	0	182,423	114	182,537	5.1
North West	184,347	0	184,347	75	184,422	5.1
Northern Cape	106,463	-3	106,460	26	106,486	3.0
Western Cape	624,496	3	624,499	232	624,731	17.4
Total	3,581,359	0	3,581,359	1,332	3,582,691	100.0

THE 7-DAY MOVING AVERAGE NUMBER OF NEW CASES BY PROVINCE
The proportion of positive new cases/total new tested today is 7.8%, which is lower than yesterday (8.6%). The 7-day average is 9.4% today, which is lower than yesterday (9.6%).

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HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
There has been an increase of 89 hospital admissions in the past 24 hours. The following table is a summary of reported COVID-19 admissions by sector.

Sector	Facilities Reporting	Admissions to Date	Died to Date	Currently Admitted
Private	259	224,002	38,753	2,571
Public	407	269,949	61,038	3,816
TOTAL	666	493,951	99,791	6,387